Triple

T16942925
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Waynflete E410991 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Patten
William Patten, better known as William Waynflete, was a 15th-century English bishop who served as Lord Chancellor and founded Magdalen College, Oxford.
 E1310478 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: William Patten | Statement: [William Waynflete, birthName, William Patten]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Patten
Context triple: [William Waynflete, birthName, William Patten]
  • A. Leland Patton
    Leland Patton is a theatre professional best known as a founder of the Crossroads Theatre Company, a prominent African-American theater organization.
  • B. William J. Patten
    William J. Patten is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or distinguished bearer of the surname Patten.
  • C. Basil Patten
    Basil Patten is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Patten.
  • D. John Pardue
    John Pardue is a cinematographer known for his work on film and television projects, including the 2012 television film "The Girl."
  • E. Walter Parratt
    Walter Parratt was a prominent English organist, composer, and teacher who served as Master of the Queen’s (later King’s) Music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: William Patten
Triple: [William Waynflete, birthName, William Patten]
Generated description
William Patten, better known as William Waynflete, was a 15th-century English bishop who served as Lord Chancellor and founded Magdalen College, Oxford.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Patten
Target entity description: William Patten, better known as William Waynflete, was a 15th-century English bishop who served as Lord Chancellor and founded Magdalen College, Oxford.
  • A. Leland Patton
    Leland Patton is a theatre professional best known as a founder of the Crossroads Theatre Company, a prominent African-American theater organization.
  • B. William J. Patten
    William J. Patten is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or distinguished bearer of the surname Patten.
  • C. Basil Patten
    Basil Patten is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Patten.
  • D. John Pardue
    John Pardue is a cinematographer known for his work on film and television projects, including the 2012 television film "The Girl."
  • E. Walter Parratt
    Walter Parratt was a prominent English organist, composer, and teacher who served as Master of the Queen’s (later King’s) Music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d886c886688190967be07322597ac9 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3cfafc8448190a25be8ada84eff9c completed April 18, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0397e71ec481909dabe3c945affb37 completed May 12, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0399364d988190a457415c9c64a68d completed May 12, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0399e221308190988e728b9efb0141 completed May 12, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.